Queensland state election, 1912

Queensland state election, 1912

27 April 1912 (1912-04-27)

All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland   First party Second party   Leader Digby Denham David Bowman Party Liberal Labor Leader since 7 February 1911 (1911-02-07) 15 April 1907 (1907-04-15) Leader's seat Oxley Fortitude Valley Last election 41 seats 27 seats Seats won 46 seats 25 seats Seat change 5 2 Percentage 51.37% 46.70% Swing 0.46 9.85

Premier before election Digby Denham Commonwealth Liberal Elected Premier Digby Denham Commonwealth Liberal

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 April 1912 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election was the first for the recently formed Liberal government of Digby Denham, who had been premier since 7 February 1911. The opposition Labor Party was led by David Bowman, who had been Labor leader since 15 April 1907.

Results

Denham and his government were returned to office despite a swing to Labor of almost 10 percent. This was largely due to winning newly created seats in rural areas, while losing seats in Brisbane which mostly went to Labor.

See also

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1909–1912
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1912–1915
• Denham Ministry

References

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